Cross-border specialization of interregional interaction: applying new assessment methods

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Cross-border cooperation as a type of interregional interaction is becoming a significant factor in the development of border regions. It can be viewed as a result of intensification of cross-border contacts and greater economic openness of cross-border regions. Thus, the roots of current development are quite easy to pinpoint. However, assessment of the impact of cross-border cooperation on the development of border regions appears to be a research challenge. In this paper, we offer an approach to the assessment of the role of cross-border cooperation in the system of interregional interaction between border regions. We present a system of indices to describe cross-border specialization of interregional interaction in certain fields, namely investment, international trade, tourism, and migration. Cross-border specialization determines the role of cross-border cooperation in regional external relations. The empiric data we have gathered is used to develop and implement a pilot assessment of cross-border specialization of interregional relations which are characteristic of the border regions of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. The article offers cross-border specialization indices for each border region of the Northwestern Federal District. With their help, we were able to identify the spheres of interaction with the highest degree of cross-border specialization, and in particular foreign investment and business activities with the participation of foreign capital.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Metodika ocenki prigranichnoj specializacii mezhregional'nyh vzaimodejstvij prigranichnyh regionov i rezul'taty pilotnoj ocenki
• ISSN: 2079-8555
• Extent: Seite(n): 27-36
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Baltic Region(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Städtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltung ; Raumplanung und Regionalforschung ; grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit ; Tourismus ; Grenzgebiet ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; bilaterale Beziehungen ; Migration ; Handel ; Russland ; Regionalpolitik ; regionale Entwicklung ; Auslandsinvestition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mezhevich, Nikolai M. ; Zhuk, Nadezhda
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Russland
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2013-1-3
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-346698
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST